Mackay Madness: "Just Do It"

Friday, October 10, 2008

"Just Do It"

This week for family night, we changed out the food and water in our 72 hour kits. My friend Bree had told me that her sister-in-law told her to do it each year on Conference weekend. What a great idea!

It costs less than $100 to do this for my family of six. Kind of cheap insurance if you really think about it!

We also added cash, a roll of quarters (for phone calls), a change of clothes, socks, and underwear for each child, medicine, and a "new" backpack for Easton complete with diapers! I truly feel such a weight off my shoulders by getting this done...now if I could only get my "food storage" done, I might be content!
I'm sorry but NOT being able to feed my children in a crisis situation would absolutely KILL ME! So, if I had any advice for my friends and family today, it would be: "JUST DO IT." Please, please get it done for your own families. A crisis may never come, but wouldn't you sleep better at night knowing that if it did....you could support your loved ones?
We can't really shrug our shoulders and say that "we didn't know" because we have been WARNED and WARNED time and time again!

4 comments:

Amy said...: I couldn't agree more. This exact subject has been waying heavily on my mind lately! Thanks for the reminder; October 10, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Jodi said...: Liz,
Hello long lost friend. I think it has been about 15 years since I last saw you. I stumbled across your blog through Jared's. Your family is absolutely darling and what fun adventures you have. It has been fun doing a little catch up through the blog-o-sphere, quite the blast from the past. Tell Brandon hello and I will have to check back to see what is new. Feel free to drop in anytime.
Jodi (Nichol) Davis; October 13, 2008 at 8:01 PM
jenn said...: Thanks for the inspiration!
Do you have a master list for what to put in them? If you do, I need to get it from you. Let me know...

Thanks.; October 15, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Corbis* said...: I don't see a back pack for Amanda??? SHE IS GONNA DIE :-(; October 17, 2008 at 9:30 PM

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*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

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*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!